Meaning of hard-hit | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of hard hit.

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Examples

“Hard-hit by the Arctic winter, the Waverley route was completely closed from January 6-9, when an avalanche between Whitrope and Riccarton marooned Class A2 4-6-2 No. 60535 Hornet's Beauty.”

“Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.”

“More small businesses in Texas were approved for money from the federal government’s initial coronavirus emergency lending program than in any other state – including harder-hit New York, California and Florida.”

“In mainland China, authorities have shut down travel out of and within the hardest-hit province, Jilin in the northeast. More than 1,800 cases were reported in Jilin on Friday, out of 2,400 nationwide. Restrictions were partially eased, however, in Shenzhen, a major tech and finance hub bordering Hong Kong that had been locked down since Sunday.”

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